“Himalayas”

snow · hills

A group of naturalists search Snow Leopard in the snowy mountains of Ladakh, India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

snow · hills

A group of naturalists search Snow Leopard in the snowy mountains of Ladakh, India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

hills · river

According to Petr Hrabina, "This is Tibetan argali (Ovis ammon hodgsonii). Some scientists consider it as a distinct species (Ovis hodgsoni)." Ladakh, "land of high passes" is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and lies bet…

snow · hills

A group of naturalists search Snow Leopard in the snowy mountains of Ladakh, India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

hills · river

Tangtse lies on the valley floor through which the Harong stream flows. Surrounded by mountains, the village lies on flat arid ground with greenery to be seen only along the Harong stream.

snow · hills

Naturalists searching for Snow Leopard in the snowy rugged mountains of Ladakh, India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

snow · hills

A group of naturalists sip their tea as they search for Snow Leopard in the barren mountains of Ladakh. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

Uttarakhand·hills · village

A local villager comes across this expensive plant, the root of which is called 'Panja'. It has several medicinal properties and is in great demand with very less supply. Also, it is only found at great heights in the Himalaya.

street food · hills

Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range.

Nepal

Northwest of Kathmandu, in the Himalayas, rises the mythic Annapurna mountain range. Below its snowy peaks, the verdant foothills are the homeland of the Gurung, one of many ethnic groups inhabiting Nepal.

Yaks are synonymous to life at high altitudes, like in the Himalayas. The yaks are easy to spot – they can be up to two meters tall and up to a metric ton in weight.

Nepal·hills · village

While we were at Mulde Peak we noticed a thick blanket of fog moving fast covering everything in its way. However, we managed to spot Ghorepani from Mulde before it got completely covered in the fog.

Jammu and Kashmir·flowers

Buttercups or Ranunculaceae in the high altitude meadows of Kashmir. Softly Hairy Buttercup is a small erect or spreading herb, usually 6-15 cm high. Base leaves are rounded and deeply cut into broad lobes.

flowers

Bell Rhododendron or Rhododendron campanulatum is found only over the height of 3000m in the Himalayas. This particular one was found near Chandrashila peak in Chitkul, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·river

Macaque drinks water from Ramganga river in Corbett, Uttarakhand state of India. Ramganga River is the Lifeline for Corbett National Park. We cannot imagine the existence of Corbett without Ramganga.

forest

Striking in its blue-black plumage and red eye-patch, this male Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos) forages for fresh green leaves, nuts, seeds and berries on the forest floor in the Himalaya.

river · hills

View of Border Security Force (BSF) camp in Assam, India. The Border Security Force (BSF) is a Border Guarding Force of India.

hills · river

An amazing view of Dodital valley and distant Bakria Khaga pass, from Darva / Darwa Top high above Dodital Lake in Uttarakhand, India. See Rhododendron and Juniper forests at the upper end of the tree line in the Himalaya.

river · snow

Peaceful and a great sight of the the world's highest man-made artificial lake in Uttarakhand Himalayas. This lake was developed by the government in view of creating artificial snow on the new ski slopes at the time of low snow fall.

hills · lake

Bar-headed Geese feeding at Tehla Jheel in Sariska National Park, Rajasthan, near the Amab property and Nilkanth temples. The Garh Rajore temples are also nearby as is the fort of Kankwari where Dara Shikoh was kept hostage by the Mughals.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Quechua tents by Decathlon as seen on the Kanchani Kharak campsite in the high Himalaya, within the Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary and wild high altitude countryside beyond! The stark browns of autumn, with the deep blue of a clear sky, and t…

hills

Magnificent view of various Himalayan peaks as seen from Mulde Peak. While in Nepal we trekked to this rhododendron paradise called the Mulde Peak in the Himalaya.

village

The topography of the village looks rugged and steep. Situated amidst the cold dry desert the place has very sparse vegetation growth. Lamayuru is a small village in Ladakh, midway between Kargil and Leh the Srinagar-Leh highway.

Uttarakhand·monsoon

What worm species is this? What exactly is the behaviour we're seeing here? These masses of writhing worms seem to locomote collectively, during the monsoon season in the lower Himalaya.